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To: Andrew Brockway who wrote (18972)	4/23/1998 11:42:00 AM
From: Ian@SI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Taiwan Semiconductor's 1st-Quarter Net Profit Soared 125% Dow Jones Newswires TAIPEI -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Taiwan's largest chip maker, said Thursday net profit for the first quarter in 1998 rose 125% to 6.9 billion new Taiwan dollars (US$209 million) from NT$3.07 billion in the same period a year before. Sales hit a record at NT$15.73 billion in the first quarter, up 107% from NT$7.60 billion recorded in the first quarter of 1997. The company said that it's operating at full capacity and that sales increased from higher production. Hmmmm, " it's operating at full capacity", I wonder what that might mean for the chip equipment companies. <VBG> Ian.